Lead Engineer/ Engineer, DevOps, Cloud Engineering, xCloud

Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX); Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading science and technology agency in Singapore is seeking a DevOps Engineer to innovate and deliver cloud solutions for homeland security. The role involves designing and maintaining cloud platforms, automating deployment processes, and integrating services for security and monitoring. Ideal candidates have expertise in programming languages such as Python and Kubernetes, as well as relevant certifications like AWS Solutions Architect. Join a team that champions technological excellence in securing Singapore's safety.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of relevant working experience is preferred.
• Expert in one or more programming languages such as Python, Javascript, Go, C#, and .Net Core.
• Experience with on-premises hosting platforms and cloud solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain enterprise cloud platform.
• Develop and integrate common services for API management.
• Automate the deployment of workload and DevSecOps pipelines.

Skills

Python

Javascript

Go

.Net Core

Kubernetes administration

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

API management

Education

AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Tools

Terraform IaC

GCP

Nutanix

Job description

What the role is:

HTX is the world’s first Science and Technology agency that integrates a diverse range of scientific and engineering capabilities to innovate and deliver transformative and operationally‑ready solutions for homeland security. As a statutory board of the Ministry of Home Affairs and integral to the Home Team, HTX works at the forefront of science and technology to empower Singapore’s frontline of security. Our shared mission is to amplify, augment and accelerate the Home Team’s advantage and secure Singapore as the safest place on planet earth. The jobholder will be part of the Cloud Engineering Team. The Cloud Engineering Team is charged with a mission to transform the way HTX delivers software by leveraging on cloud innovation to enable agile software development, zero‑trust security, DevSecOps and artificial intelligence. We are looking for highly technical individuals who are passionate about tech, love to solve problems, with the ability to code and have a sound engineering mind. The ideal candidate is one who dares to innovate, takes ownership, a great team player, inspires excellence, is a skilled learner and one who embraces failures. We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to develop our enterprise cloud digital platform, automate the deployment of workload and automate DevSecOps pipelines.

What you will be working on:

• Design, build and maintain enterprise cloud platform leveraging on cloud‑native serverless, middleware, backend, security and infrastructure technology.
• Develop and integrate common services for API management, identity, monitoring and security.
• Design, build and maintain enterprise wide DevSecOps and MLOps pipelines automation.

What we are looking for:

• Expertise in one or more of the following programming languages – Python, Javascript, Go, C#, and .Net Core.
• Experience in deploying Terraform IaC (Infrastructure‑As‑Code) for AWS or Azure at enterprise scale.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, including source code management, IaC, test automation, and static/dynamic code analysis workflows.
• Experience with building and deploying containerised applications, and expertise in Kubernetes administration.
• Experience with integrating digital platform services such as API gateways, microservices management, messaging middleware, security, identity, monitoring and logging services.
• Experience with on‑premises hosting platforms such as Nutanix and other cloud solutions like GCP will be advantageous.
• Knowledge of protocols such as REST, GraphQL, gRPC, OpenID, OAuth2.0 and QUIC.
• Experience with RDBMS, NoSQL, distributed computing and backend frameworks with expertise in at least one of them.
• Have the following certifications or equivalent – AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
• Preferably 2-5 years of relevant working experience.

All new hires are appointed on a two‑year contract in the first instance and will be assessed and considered for permanent tenure over time, based on performance. As part of the shortlisting process for this role, you may be required to complete a medical declaration and/or undergo further assessment. All applicants will be updated on the status of their applications within 4 weeks upon closing of the advertisement.

About Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX)

HTX is the world’s first Science and Technology agency that integrates a diverse range of scientific and engineering capabilities to innovate and deliver transformative and operationally‑ready solutions for homeland security. As a statutory board of the Ministry of Home Affairs and integral to the Home Team, HTX works at the forefront of science and technology to empower Singapore’s frontline of security. Our shared mission is to amplify, augment and accelerate the Home Team’s advantage and secure Singapore as the safest place on planet earth.